From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 570425f8c7c18b14fa8a2a58a0adb431968ad118 upstream. Finish initializing the adapter before registering netdev so state is consistent. Fixes: c26eba03e407 ("ibmvnic: Update reset infrastructure to support tunable parameters") Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c @@ -5383,6 +5383,12 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev goto ibmvnic_dev_file_err; netif_carrier_off(netdev); + + adapter->state = VNIC_PROBED; + + adapter->wait_for_reset = false; + adapter->last_reset_time = jiffies; + rc = register_netdev(netdev); if (rc) { dev_err(&dev->dev, "failed to register netdev rc=%d\n", rc); @@ -5390,10 +5396,6 @@ static int ibmvnic_probe(struct vio_dev } dev_info(&dev->dev, "ibmvnic registered\n"); - adapter->state = VNIC_PROBED; - - adapter->wait_for_reset = false; - adapter->last_reset_time = jiffies; return 0; ibmvnic_register_fail: Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-5.10/ibmvnic-free-reset-work-item-when-flushing.patch queue-5.10/ibmvnic-register-netdev-after-init-of-adapter.patch